Mace speaks about famine (05/04/86)

Mace speaks about famine

URBANA, Ill. - Dr. James E. Mace, director of the Ukrainian Famine Commission, spoke recently at a well-attended public lecture about the Ukrainian famine of 1932-33 at the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana.

In his hourlong lecture Dr. Mace described the events which led to the famine: the destruction of cultural life - scholarship, scientific and learned societies and institutions in Ukraine - including the physical liquidation of thousands of Ukrainian scholars, clergymen, writers and cultural activists by the Soviet regime. This was followed by an analysis of the Kremlin's manmade famine during which 7-10 million people died. Dr. Mace's presentation prompted an hour-and-a-half question-and-answer period.

Before the lecture, the award-winning film "Harvest of Despair" was shown.

The lecture was organized by the Ukrainian Students' Association and co-sponsored by the departments of history, political science, Slavic languages and literatures, the Russian and East European Center and the Ukrainian Research Program. The lecture was held at the university's main campus at Champaign-Urbana.

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